‘That was the worst ending to a vacation that we've ever had'

Friday

Sep 9, 2011 at 6:00 AM

“My husband and I had just gotten home from vacation that morning. We were unpacking....and finally, I said, I think I'll put the news on. We hadn't seen the news for a week. We had decided that when we went on vacation not to listen to the news. When I put the TV on, the first tower had just been struck. My jaw fell to the floor! I was having such a hard time digesting what I was seeing.

“The first thing I thought of is where is my friend's husband? He is a truck driver. I knew he did runs to New York City often. So, I called my friend who was at work at the time, and asked her where her husband was. She told me that he is stuck on the George Washington Bridge. They had stopped all traffic over the bridge.

“Then I found out after that while he was waiting for the bridge to open, he saw the second tower begin to smoke. He realized that the other tower had been hit also. My husband and I watched the rest of what was televised. Needless to say, that was the worst ending to a vacation that we've ever had.”